SPSA, the regional trash agency, has decided to end all of its recycling programs after 21 years of service, citing a desire to cut costs, save money and reform itself into a leaner organization.
Bucky Taylor, executive director of the Southeastern Public Service Authority, which serves eight cities and counties, said Friday that he expects to stop curbside collections and close drop-off centers by early next year. About 30 employees will lose their jobs, Taylor said, and SPSA intends to sell all of its recycling trucks, carts, bins, equipment and property related to the environmental program. Annual savings should eclipse $2 million, he said. Taylor said he did not view the move as a step backward for recycling in South Hampton Roads, saying cities and counties will be free to sign contracts with private companies to do the same job SPSA has done since 1988.
From the Pilot
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Some smart enterprising individual is going to commence a recycling business in the void left by SPSA. There is millions to be made in aluminum, steel and glass. Urban mining has great potential in our throw away society. This once again this proves that GOVERNMENT cannot manage itself much less a garbage dump. What a pathetic lot we elected.
Hey Bucky before you go off to recyle your self and company... PAY YOUR FINE first, the city could use your cash injection of $75,000 But will you fail to pay it like slum lords who owed fines and didnt pay?
Where are the two transfer stations that SPSA was going to build in Suffolk? If they don't does the CUP Permit still fly?
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